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you will have a great secretary of defense in bob gates. he will have a great secretary of veterans affairs in general eric shinseki. every single day i am in the white house, i will try to serve you as well as you are serving the united states of america. as i said earlier today, while the tests we face our new and the ways in which we meet them may be new, the values on which our success depends are old. those values like hard work and honesty, courage and tolerance, loyalty and patriotism, those are values that are embodied in our armed forces. what is required is for all of us to return to those values. for all of us to embrace the new era of responsibility where we expect and demand not only more of our leaders, but more of ourselves. tonight we celebrate. but smile the work begins. -- tomorrow the work begins. together i'm confident that we will write the next great chapter in america's story. i've got a little surprise for some of you. as i said before, we have folks who are working right now in iraq and afghanistan. cut and it appea
you will have a great secretary of defense in bob gates. he will have a great secretary of veterans affairs in general eric shinseki. every single day i am in the white house, i will try to serve you as well as you are serving the united states of america. as i said earlier today, while the tests we face our new and the ways in which we meet them may be new, the values on which our success depends are old. those values like hard work and honesty, courage and tolerance, loyalty and patriotism,...
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i heard references to the fact that the defense budget is the bugaboo, but if you take a look at defense relative to gdp, you're looking a close to 9% being used on defense. we talk about cutting this expeditionary funding vehicle for the marines. the only problem is if you really believe in the marines, you have to get them from the ocean to the shore. i am not so sure that you have cut gdp for defense well, not quite in half, but in the meantime entitlement has gone from 2.5% to the other entitlements, well up 12%. putting them together, all of a sudden that is what our revenue is. seems to me that the elephant in the room is the entitlement. courageous leadership will acknowledge that fact and say let's have the conversation to talk about what we will do with those. we all know that they're talking about heavy cuts in discretionary, the tip of the iceberg. i guess it is disappointing to make the main subjects of the main subject. this phrase, the idea that we will somehow shocked a fragile recovery by cutting discretionary income assumes that the discretionary income somehow helps the
i heard references to the fact that the defense budget is the bugaboo, but if you take a look at defense relative to gdp, you're looking a close to 9% being used on defense. we talk about cutting this expeditionary funding vehicle for the marines. the only problem is if you really believe in the marines, you have to get them from the ocean to the shore. i am not so sure that you have cut gdp for defense well, not quite in half, but in the meantime entitlement has gone from 2.5% to the other...
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the white house has mounted a vigorous defense. hagel says his record on iran, gays and the military has been distorted. members of the armed services committee will question hagel. but today on "face the nation," senator john mccain called hagel a friend, though he has questions and is annoyed at how the white house has handled the nomination. >> usually wprevious presidents, republican and democrat, when they are considering nominations, they call in the other side and the key members on the other party and say, hey, i am thinking about nominating mr. "x," what do you think about it? there has been none of that. >> reporter: the former secretary of the joint chiefings and colin powell gave his backing to hagel, even though he was one of the largest critics of the war in iraq, a war that powell helped to sell to the american people. he tried to stop the surge, calling it the biggest foreign policy blunder since vietnam. >> he is superbly qualified, based on his overall record and seferts to his country and based on how he feels ab
the white house has mounted a vigorous defense. hagel says his record on iran, gays and the military has been distorted. members of the armed services committee will question hagel. but today on "face the nation," senator john mccain called hagel a friend, though he has questions and is annoyed at how the white house has handled the nomination. >> usually wprevious presidents, republican and democrat, when they are considering nominations, they call in the other side and the key...
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history of being biased for example their former chief youthen broner his son served in the israeli defense forces and there's really army which was actively occupying palestinian lands bombing the gaza strip shooting at human rights activists in the west bank the bureau chief is son was was an idea while he was a bro chief in jerusalem that's a major conflict of interest that the new york times refused to change his assignment at least temporarily until the sun is out of the army they refused to do that how can you be objective when your son is an army that's occupying palestinian land and territory and killing palestinians on a daily basis how can he be to borrow chief in jerusalem with this conflict of interest right that case that you referred to. new york times got gotten a lot of heat because of that do you think it's taking taken adequate steps since then to. maybe that not not at all as we saw with this recent change in the headlines and they refused to move them boners position at least temporarily and the other thing i'd like to point out is that the new york times office in jerus
history of being biased for example their former chief youthen broner his son served in the israeli defense forces and there's really army which was actively occupying palestinian lands bombing the gaza strip shooting at human rights activists in the west bank the bureau chief is son was was an idea while he was a bro chief in jerusalem that's a major conflict of interest that the new york times refused to change his assignment at least temporarily until the sun is out of the army they refused...
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. >> and the devastating impact the defense cuts will have on our military and country superstar john rich. ♪ save a horse ride a cowboy ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> a great audience here today, thank you so much and welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. okay. i found a new way, this week, to make liberals really, really mad at me. here is what you do. just repeat what liberals are saying. they hate it when conservatives agree with them. all right. the new york times started all this by publishing a photo of the president meeting with what the white house described as his key economic advisors during the fiscal cliff negotiations. they noted that every one in the room was of the male gender. so, the white house press corps peppered spokesman jay carney about all the men he's appointing to major slots and carney dug his own hole and jumped into it saying the president is looking for the best people. and caused the women mo supported the president if he's saying there weren't qualified women available. democratic
. >> and the devastating impact the defense cuts will have on our military and country superstar john rich. ♪ save a horse ride a cowboy ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. [applaus [applause] >> a great audience here today, thank you so much and welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. okay. i found a new way, this week, to make liberals really, really mad at me. here is what you do. just repeat what liberals are saying. they hate it...
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the man overseeing the cut is confirmed, defense secretary nominee chuck hagel. in august of 2011, hagel said the defense departmented was bloated, adding the pentagon needs to be pared down. i don't think the military looked at themselves strategically, critically in a long, long time. the u.s. military has gone from a cold war model of being able to fight two simultaneous wars to a 1-1/2 war strategy under president obama. given cuts in recent years. >> if we sudply have a crisis in the gulf with iran, if we sudply face a nuclear issue, which forces us to deal with preventative strikes we have a different military spending profile again. >> the u.s. army is preparing to eliminate two of the eight brigades in europe and may cut eight more brigades overall, reducing the army by 80,000 troops. hagel endorsed deep nuclear cuts backing a report by the group global zero calling for 80% reduction in the u.s. nuclear weapons arsenal that could save $100 billion in ten years. >> the problem is if you are going to cut the nuclear forces, and the nuclear stockpile, you to
the man overseeing the cut is confirmed, defense secretary nominee chuck hagel. in august of 2011, hagel said the defense departmented was bloated, adding the pentagon needs to be pared down. i don't think the military looked at themselves strategically, critically in a long, long time. the u.s. military has gone from a cold war model of being able to fight two simultaneous wars to a 1-1/2 war strategy under president obama. given cuts in recent years. >> if we sudply have a crisis in the...
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senator hagel has called the defense department bloated. so between his views and half trillion dollars of spending cuts looming the u.s. military may have to find ways to save a lot of money. jennifer griffin with the news. she is live at the pentagon. tell us about the potential cuts if you would? >> the first cuts will probably be to the size of the force. the air force announced it was already planning to cut the size of its force and to cut back on the number of flying hours that planes do. right now the u.s. is spending about $85 billion a year on the war in afghanistan. it will go down to about 3 or 6,000 troops in afghanistan which would pay the tax payer 75 billion a year. >> everybody forgets if we suddenly have a crisis in the gulf with iran if we face a nuclear issue which forces us to deal with preventative stripes, then we have a completely different defense and mill tear spreending profile again. >> with things heating up in mali you have u.s. forces pulling out of one area but it appears as if the war is spreading to another
senator hagel has called the defense department bloated. so between his views and half trillion dollars of spending cuts looming the u.s. military may have to find ways to save a lot of money. jennifer griffin with the news. she is live at the pentagon. tell us about the potential cuts if you would? >> the first cuts will probably be to the size of the force. the air force announced it was already planning to cut the size of its force and to cut back on the number of flying hours that...
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i don't want it the recent war with gaza was a chance for tel aviv to test its iron dome missile defense system but his raids are anxious in part because of widespread media coverage of just how unprepared for war the country is many bomb shelters and residential buildings are rundown and neglected or have become furniture storage rooms while most of israel's arab citizens about to twenty percent of the population lack shelters altogether as the chances of war start looking all too real the army says four times as many israelis are collecting state funded gas masks and they were several months ago i'm a big concern it's not like i think they're going to be aware of. just. the side my here just in case and with impending doomsday predictions circling the country no one wants to be caught unprepared. r.t.e. television another some more news making headlines around the world for you this hour hundreds of the shia muslims took to the streets of pakistan's largest city of karachi urging the government to take extra safety measures this comes after a string of insurgent attacks claimed at leas
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speaking in spain, defense secretary panetta said the u.s. is considering french requests for additional military help. >> we are discussing in washington some of the requests that have been made to determine exactly what assistance we can provide. our goal is to try to do what we can to provide whatever assistance is necessary in order to help them in that effort. specifically, in what areas is still something under discussion. >> the washington post reports france has asked for u.s. intelligence that could be used for targeting purposes. a request that could raise questions under international law. the u.s. is also reportedly considering whether to help france transport its troops in military supplies. the obama administration is said to be wary of deepening its involvement in mali after having trained military leaders that ended up staging a coup that -- and even joining the rebels fight. u.s.-backed french strikes in mali have already killed a reported 11 civilians, including three children. on tuesday, an amnesty international spokespers
speaking in spain, defense secretary panetta said the u.s. is considering french requests for additional military help. >> we are discussing in washington some of the requests that have been made to determine exactly what assistance we can provide. our goal is to try to do what we can to provide whatever assistance is necessary in order to help them in that effort. specifically, in what areas is still something under discussion. >> the washington post reports france has asked for...
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the defense official says with the number of potential hostage takers it would be an extremely dangerous assault mission. they are hoping there is some sort of diplomatic solution to the crisis. >> certainly a shock to many how quickly it happened. we have been trying to understand what happened and when these workers were seized on their way to work or what was happening. what can you tell us about the moment they were taken? and given the u.s. government was very quick to say in this case they believed this was an organized and preplanned attack. >> you're exactly right. here is what we know from the minister who says an oil field in southern algeria was attacked by militants. several hostages were taken there. this is an oil field about 40 miles from the border of libya. a group of westerners were on their way to the airport where they were attacked. alg alger security forces fired back. the militants retreated and there they took more hostages. although the group has claimed responsibility and said it did so out of retaliation for algeria allowing the french to use the air space for
the defense official says with the number of potential hostage takers it would be an extremely dangerous assault mission. they are hoping there is some sort of diplomatic solution to the crisis. >> certainly a shock to many how quickly it happened. we have been trying to understand what happened and when these workers were seized on their way to work or what was happening. what can you tell us about the moment they were taken? and given the u.s. government was very quick to say in this...
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so bad that the secretary of defense calls it an epidemic. the pentagon says there were 349 suicides among active duty personnel last year. that's more than the number of combat deaths in afghanistan. experts say iraq and afghanistan war veterans suffering from depression and post traumatic stress are at the highest risk. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will testify next week about the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in libya. clinton will appear before the house foreign affairs committee. she had been scheduled to testify last month. that was canceled when she fell and suffered a concussion. four americans died in the september 11 attack including ambassador chris stevens. >>> former president george h.w. bush is at his houston home this morning following a seven-week hospital stay. mr. bush was released yesterday. he had been treated for bronchitis and a lingering cough including a week in intensive care. >>> we'll take a quick break. >>> when we come back an unlikely partner in the battle against obesity. a soda giant tells americ
so bad that the secretary of defense calls it an epidemic. the pentagon says there were 349 suicides among active duty personnel last year. that's more than the number of combat deaths in afghanistan. experts say iraq and afghanistan war veterans suffering from depression and post traumatic stress are at the highest risk. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton will testify next week about the deadly attack on the u.s. mission in libya. clinton will appear before the house foreign...
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and russia about missile defense here that is supposed to be set up in europe. so there are a lot of things where the russians are still very wary of the u.s. and also, of course, just trying to get information about what is going on. it is something that is very, very bizarre and strange to think that these countries that are now allies would still be doing this. >> crazy. fred pleitgen, thank you for staying up for us, i'm sure a slightly cold berlin this evening. fred, thank you. >>> police in new york, they are asking pharmacies to stock their shelves with pill bottles fitted with gps tracking chips. we'll tell you why and how this is supposed to work coming up. >>> new york city combatting just about everything these days, and limited the amount of soda you can drink, just put a new huge gun control law in place, and now it is trying to put a gps in prescription painkiller bottles to combat the surge of pharmacy robberies. commissioner ray kelly of nypd saying oxycontin armed thefts are booming and wants to stop it. he's announced this plan to put bait bott
and russia about missile defense here that is supposed to be set up in europe. so there are a lot of things where the russians are still very wary of the u.s. and also, of course, just trying to get information about what is going on. it is something that is very, very bizarre and strange to think that these countries that are now allies would still be doing this. >> crazy. fred pleitgen, thank you for staying up for us, i'm sure a slightly cold berlin this evening. fred, thank you....
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president doesn't seem to show the slightest interest in reducing spending other than in the area of defense and maybe means testing for entitlements. so, chances for meaningful reduction in the growth of entitlements on the part of the republicans is almost nil. >> well, i mean, what -- what could the republicans have done? the senate didn't approve their own plan until, what, midnight on new year's day and it -- they will say, the republicans will say they were up against the wall and didn't want the country to go over the fiscal cliff. should we have gone over the fiscal cliff, since that was the reality, if, in fact, they would have pushed for spending cuts? >> maria, i'm not about to second guess them. these are very smart people -- >> well, you are second guessing them. this is what this interview is about. >> i just like to state where i believe where we are and what's going to happen. >> okay, what do you think happens? >> so, i think that the -- as a result of the tax increases, we are going to collect substantially less revenues than we thought we would. and that is because the fed
president doesn't seem to show the slightest interest in reducing spending other than in the area of defense and maybe means testing for entitlements. so, chances for meaningful reduction in the growth of entitlements on the part of the republicans is almost nil. >> well, i mean, what -- what could the republicans have done? the senate didn't approve their own plan until, what, midnight on new year's day and it -- they will say, the republicans will say they were up against the wall and...
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we have a board to a defense psychiatrist. what do you think of this law? >> there is nothing new here. in just about everything to you and, if a patient tells you that they want to kill someone or themselves, you not only have the right to go and won the person or tell the authorities, or commit the person, as i have done, in some states, like massachusetts, where i practice, you have an affirmative obligation. this is another executive order that has been put into motion, it doesn't change anything, that is the way it has always been. those on the right who are talking about a new norm in doctor-patient relationship, it is not. this is the way it has always been. >> this skirts and much more difficult question in some ways. anyone who deals with public health at all, police, trauma surgeons, like my husband, these people, usually younger males, who are clearly -- have psychotic breaks over and over again. their families are at despair of what to do about it. there is no ability to commit them for any sustained period of time. once they are not an immediat
we have a board to a defense psychiatrist. what do you think of this law? >> there is nothing new here. in just about everything to you and, if a patient tells you that they want to kill someone or themselves, you not only have the right to go and won the person or tell the authorities, or commit the person, as i have done, in some states, like massachusetts, where i practice, you have an affirmative obligation. this is another executive order that has been put into motion, it doesn't...
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speaking in london this morning defense secretary leon panetta says the u.s. is "working around the clock to insure the safety of our citizens and he warns terrorists that they will find no sanctuary in algeria or north africa." after the break female troubles plagued the gop in the last election cycle. will lawmakers,er in a new era for women's issues? we'll talk health and politics when star jones joins the panel next on "now." find us? i thought we might be related, so i had a fiber analysis done and sure enough, we're family. but you're not even shredded. you're...crunchy?! that happens sometimes. and you help keep people full with whole grain fiber? just like you guys. [ female announcer ] they're different, but the same. new frosted mini-wheats crunch. a tasty square packed with a crunch... [ crunch! ] ...of whole grain fiber that helps keep you full. it's a big breakfast... [ crunch! ] ...in new a little biscuit. smile! ohhh bring it in! ooohhhooh! (announcer) at scottrade, our! ohhhcexactly how they want.t with scottrade's online banking, i get one vie
speaking in london this morning defense secretary leon panetta says the u.s. is "working around the clock to insure the safety of our citizens and he warns terrorists that they will find no sanctuary in algeria or north africa." after the break female troubles plagued the gop in the last election cycle. will lawmakers,er in a new era for women's issues? we'll talk health and politics when star jones joins the panel next on "now." find us? i thought we might be related, so i...
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national defense and national security staff writer for the hill carlo munoz. i hope you'll come back to keep us updated on this development. >> will do. thanks. >> john: thank you so much. from the hostage crisis in algeria to the covert american drone war, i'm pleased to be joined by filmmaker and activist robert greenwald. the documentary drones exposed. thank you for joining us, mr. greenwald. >> my pleasure. >> john: before we begin talking about drone warfare in your upcoming film, i want to ask if you see any kind of connection between the drone war in al-qaeda and this kidnapping attempt by an al-qaeda-linked group in north africa. >> well, unlike other folks in this realm, i like to stick with the facts. we don't have any factual information about that particular attack and what caused the motivation. we do have facts that the drones are alienating and serving as recruiting tools for al-qaeda and taliban all over the world. there's information about that. so i'm sure one day we'll know specifically about this incident and whether it was related to a dr
national defense and national security staff writer for the hill carlo munoz. i hope you'll come back to keep us updated on this development. >> will do. thanks. >> john: thank you so much. from the hostage crisis in algeria to the covert american drone war, i'm pleased to be joined by filmmaker and activist robert greenwald. the documentary drones exposed. thank you for joining us, mr. greenwald. >> my pleasure. >> john: before we begin talking about drone warfare in...
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so, instead of actually trying to articulate a defense of their economic policies, they rip us apart. they divide us. they start of of of fighting conservatives as heating poor people and the middle class. this whole class warfare thing, by the way, ripping apart based on economics that this? i was sitting their watching obama give a speech theatre de -- of it was a couple months ago. he said 12 times the middle class in this speech. what is pigeonholing us into the middle class? and he loves to say i want to help you, you americans, you little people was what he means, you people get into the middle class and stay there. okay. first of all, why is it the president of the united states' responsibility to decide what class i should be in? i should have dreams to achieve whatever level of income and a great mess that i want to. and this country provides me the opportunity, played by the rules, or car, have heads the and you can achieve greatness that this president instead tears us apart to succeed. they mean taking the few. that is an amazing thing. to condemn those that have achieved
so, instead of actually trying to articulate a defense of their economic policies, they rip us apart. they divide us. they start of of of fighting conservatives as heating poor people and the middle class. this whole class warfare thing, by the way, ripping apart based on economics that this? i was sitting their watching obama give a speech theatre de -- of it was a couple months ago. he said 12 times the middle class in this speech. what is pigeonholing us into the middle class? and he loves...
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responsibility as a sovereign states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the. cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely and. there appear to be historical cultural and economic reasons why some germans feel less sovereignty is disappearing and for a group of lawyers getting ready for their legal battle with the european central plank twenty thirty looks set to be an important year what they see is the fight to return german rule to the german people peter all of a r.t. berlin on life at the moment at r.t. dot com crying wolf in russia the threat is real this time though republicans siberia are authorizing hunting the animals down due to their fondness for livestock. also online the dreamliner that can take you to your worst nightmares a list of problems of boeing's br
responsibility as a sovereign states this is a problem not that we are pressed from the outside the defense is also a concern for those who believe germany is losing control of its sovereignty the country is still home to nato bases over twenty years after the end of the. cold war germany today faces no major military threats nor does any european state and that's why this gigantic military machine that the americans have built up is completely and. there appear to be historical cultural and...
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that is what they have done here. >> emira woods, you heard the defense secretary's explanation. there some reports the group that launched this attack is not affiliated with al qaeda, it is a splinter group that had major differences with the al qaeda group in north africa. could you talk about the group that supposedly the algerians have identified as being -- has done the attacking in this case? what you are right to say that the relationship with al qaeda, even the relationship with al qaeda and islam, is quite tenuous at best. what we have our clear reports that the leader that, of orchestrated this assault is not affiliated with al qaeda of the islamic bagram. he has distanced himself from aqim. we cannot draw with this broad brush this link to al qaeda. it is and balding, -- we have to understand the extremists are multiplying with a lot of different rationales. those who are opposed to the french, the longtime colonizers in the region, you know, have seen this as an opportunity to express their anti-french and anti-western sentiment. those who are concerned about issues o
that is what they have done here. >> emira woods, you heard the defense secretary's explanation. there some reports the group that launched this attack is not affiliated with al qaeda, it is a splinter group that had major differences with the al qaeda group in north africa. could you talk about the group that supposedly the algerians have identified as being -- has done the attacking in this case? what you are right to say that the relationship with al qaeda, even the relationship with...
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, the defense budget has doubled in the past 10 years. it has doubled in cost. you're telling me that there isn't that in there to be cut? i would point out, at the risk of being a johnny one note, before the all-volunteer service a private first class in the military was paid a principal sum of $960 a year. in contracts, $22,000. you have immediately incurred costs. now you have a very military. when you had 18, 19-year-old draftee to be served -- now we have half of the truth being married and three-quarters of the officers. you talk about health care costs, a family costs, all of which we want to do, class in te military was but that just invites the cost of the military as well. >> as a private i made $66 a month and i spent all on breakfast. >> you did not, you spent it on beer and cigarettes, just like everyone else. >> we are not going to bring back a drafted we should pay sodas held theory. or to the point, you have got to cut these big expensive items that we do not need, these joint strike fighters, more carriers, landing craft.
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>>> welcome to this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. we'll take a look at how one company is preparing veterans for careers in it. first we're coming to yu from the pentagon to discuss one of america's key war fighting advantagings the ability to gathers intelligence on enemies and threats worldwide, 365 days a year. a force that includes satellites, manned and unmanned a aircraft and global communication systems to gather images and data and video across networks in realtime, but the networks that the united states has built have been tayloreded to support operations in iraq and afghanistan. that force will have to change as the united states focuses increasingly on the pacific where distances are greater and it will face far more sophisticated potential adversaries, here to talk about the future of the sprawling network is the deputy chief of staff for intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, lieutenant general larry james. welcome to the program. >> thanks good to be here. >> let's start off first before we get into the future o
>>> welcome to this week in defense news. i'm vago muradian. we'll take a look at how one company is preparing veterans for careers in it. first we're coming to yu from the pentagon to discuss one of america's key war fighting advantagings the ability to gathers intelligence on enemies and threats worldwide, 365 days a year. a force that includes satellites, manned and unmanned a aircraft and global communication systems to gather images and data and video across networks in realtime,...
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just the defense budget itself. we spent $2.70 trillion above that base line, including for inflation, since 9/11 to make americans feel safe, and that is justified in many ways, but we are not having an honest discussion with the public. we are not looking at the security and the trade-offs that are happening, and we have spent a huge amount of money, but americans have not been feeling as safe as they should. he made comments, probably on c- span, as well, that you are not unpatriotic to ask questions of your government. it is patriotic to ask these questions. we should be having these debates and dialogues, and i think he is trying to make that. host: gary schmitt? guest: yes, i think many made comments, but the answer was not, let's get out and cut defense. the bush administration -- it was not until 2006 and 2007 -- something proposed in 2003, but they wasted several years, and there are plenty of criticisms for that waste. cut and run. the idea was to do precisely what we did. increase the force levels and cha
just the defense budget itself. we spent $2.70 trillion above that base line, including for inflation, since 9/11 to make americans feel safe, and that is justified in many ways, but we are not having an honest discussion with the public. we are not looking at the security and the trade-offs that are happening, and we have spent a huge amount of money, but americans have not been feeling as safe as they should. he made comments, probably on c- span, as well, that you are not unpatriotic to ask...
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the team forms the first and last line of defense. half of their training is for heading in undercover to arab villages, snatching militants before they can meet the accomplish along the fence. with if political situation in egypt becoming more hostile toward israeli, the men guarding this border realize they have to be right 100% of the time. the men wimping to attack them and the country only have to be right once. >> bret: thank you. army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16 afghan villager last year was in a military courtroom near seattle today. he deferred making a plea. the judge said he would order him to undergo mental health evaluation. the soldier's lawyer says he has been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. we'll look back at the president's record on actual gun control shrote votes. does the president's gun control initiative compare to some of the defining moments in history? the grapevine is next. music: "make someone happy" music: "make someone happy" ♪it's so important to make meone happy.♪.♪it's
the team forms the first and last line of defense. half of their training is for heading in undercover to arab villages, snatching militants before they can meet the accomplish along the fence. with if political situation in egypt becoming more hostile toward israeli, the men guarding this border realize they have to be right 100% of the time. the men wimping to attack them and the country only have to be right once. >> bret: thank you. army staff sergeant accused of slaughtering 16...
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suddenly you can't cut every part of the defense budget. many parts of that was protected for various reasons. as marty laid out you gut people. and when you gut human capital, you are going to pay a price that can't be caught up for a generation. >> mike: the difference is with sequestration it's there is no discretion. it's just across the board. you just cut everywhere. it's almost like going into an operating room and instead of surgically remove a tumor you say we will remove 20 pounds of flesh out of this body regardless of where it is coming from. that's what this problem is, isn't it. >> it's worse than that instead of giving the leadership the chance to cut $40 billion over the rest of 2013 anywhere they want, there are certain areas, certain programs that cannot be cut. therefore they will have to cut out of what he described as operations and maintenance money. that's what let's the force operate and train. what really let's you take care of people. >> in the peculiar my share of the tank, you talk about your career and also obvi
suddenly you can't cut every part of the defense budget. many parts of that was protected for various reasons. as marty laid out you gut people. and when you gut human capital, you are going to pay a price that can't be caught up for a generation. >> mike: the difference is with sequestration it's there is no discretion. it's just across the board. you just cut everywhere. it's almost like going into an operating room and instead of surgically remove a tumor you say we will remove 20...
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defense secretary leon panetta said the u.s. is looking for ways to help the french. he spoke in portugal. no consideration of putting american boots on the ground at this time. we have commended the french for this effort. the united nations has supported what the french are doing. and our hope is that we can work with the french to provide whatever assistance we can >> sreenivasan: france had originally said it would mainly provide support for a military intervention by mali's african neighbors. those countries have pledged thousands of troops to the campaign. 2012 was the earth's tenth warmest year on record and marked the hottest year for the contiguous united states ever. that's according to scientists at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration, which has recorded global temperatures for more than 13 decades. the u.s. had its hottest year ever but cooler weather elsewhere kept the global average from being even higher. wal-mart rolled out a plan today to hire 100,000 military veterans over the next five years. the retailing giant said it will offer a
defense secretary leon panetta said the u.s. is looking for ways to help the french. he spoke in portugal. no consideration of putting american boots on the ground at this time. we have commended the french for this effort. the united nations has supported what the french are doing. and our hope is that we can work with the french to provide whatever assistance we can >> sreenivasan: france had originally said it would mainly provide support for a military intervention by mali's african...
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personal defense is important to me. congressman thompson, your committee has waded into deep water here. your actions and policies could save lives or they could have some serious unintended consequences. it is obvious to me there are those who oppose the second amendment, and i answered not implying that to you, but there are those who do that and they use political subterfuge to believe undo these fundamental rights by means of agencies, bureaucracies, and obscure regulation that neuter this right without having to answer to the american people. california, for example -- and i realize this is a federal thing -- but california has created a twisted maze of firearm regulations, leaving the honest citizen who uses or carries a our legislature's response, now a proposal to double down on filler and fingerprint people to buy ammunition. a promise that you and your committee will recommend, that all proposed federal firearm regulations will be openly debated and voted on in congress. and not imposed on americans by executi
personal defense is important to me. congressman thompson, your committee has waded into deep water here. your actions and policies could save lives or they could have some serious unintended consequences. it is obvious to me there are those who oppose the second amendment, and i answered not implying that to you, but there are those who do that and they use political subterfuge to believe undo these fundamental rights by means of agencies, bureaucracies, and obscure regulation that neuter this...
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-- bradley manning's defense-- could have access to these documents. these are reports from intelligence agencies where they assess how much damage was done by the release of these documents. they're classified and they're letting the defense look at them but then they ruled last night they cannot use these documents during the trial. they need to feature them during the sentencing hearing but during the trial they can't -- they're allowed to look at them but can't bring them into evidence. >> sreenivasan: you've been in court and had the chance to see bradley manning. what does he look like? what impressed you about him? >> of all the people called to the stand bradley manning came across as the most appealing witness. he was -- i wouldn't say charming, not traditional charisma, but something about the fact that he's a young kind of geeky kid, a little awkward he's a sympathetic character. he's talking about the ways he was held in quantico in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. he talked about a classic catch-22 situation where he would do these
-- bradley manning's defense-- could have access to these documents. these are reports from intelligence agencies where they assess how much damage was done by the release of these documents. they're classified and they're letting the defense look at them but then they ruled last night they cannot use these documents during the trial. they need to feature them during the sentencing hearing but during the trial they can't -- they're allowed to look at them but can't bring them into evidence....
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defense secretary leon panetta said the u.s. would take "all necessary steps" to deal with the attack and hostage taking. in syria, car bombers targeted the northern city of idlib today. state media said at least 22 people died. the opposition said it was 24-- most of them, government troops. the attacks came a day after two large explosions killed 87 people at the main university in aleppo. classes were suspended today. iraq witnessed its own string of bombings that killed at least 33 people. the city of kirkuk suffered the worst attack when a car bomber blew himself up outside the offices of a major kurdish party. 21 people were killed in that bombing and another nearby, and nearly 200 were wounded. a u.s. marine pleaded guilty today to urinating on the remains of dead taliban fighters in afghanistan. staff sergeant edward deptola submitted his plea at camp lejeune, north carolina. images of the incident surfaced last year, sparking an international furor and outrage in afghanistan. another marine pleaded guilty to similar cha
defense secretary leon panetta said the u.s. would take "all necessary steps" to deal with the attack and hostage taking. in syria, car bombers targeted the northern city of idlib today. state media said at least 22 people died. the opposition said it was 24-- most of them, government troops. the attacks came a day after two large explosions killed 87 people at the main university in aleppo. classes were suspended today. iraq witnessed its own string of bombings that killed at least...
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defense secretary says the president will not be sending american troops there. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: less than two years after the french asked for u.s. help in overthrowing muammar gaddafi in libya, the french president has asked the u.s. military to help them fight again. this time, in the north african country of mali where al-qaeda appears to have set up a new base. >> we have a goal. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: the u.s. provided intelligence that the french military needed for bombing need this weekend. attempt to keep rebels infiltrated from marching toward the capitol. some analysts call mali a flat afghanistan. defense secretary leon panetta was asked during a visit to portugal if the u.s. is heading in to another war. >> there is no consideration of putting in the american boots on the ground at this time. we have commended the french for this effort to try to go in to mali. to stop the aqim. the terrorists. and members of al-qaeda. >> the state department explained what the u.s. militar
defense secretary says the president will not be sending american troops there. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight. >> reporter: less than two years after the french asked for u.s. help in overthrowing muammar gaddafi in libya, the french president has asked the u.s. military to help them fight again. this time, in the north african country of mali where al-qaeda appears to have set up a new base. >> we have a goal. [ inaudible ] >>...
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department of defense when i was in vietnam in one nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and a lot of people who lost their lives that they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective and in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from iraq or afghanistan in body bags and last year suicides by american soldiers surged to three hundred and forty nine historic high the u.s. military has had decades of experience in areas like asia latin america the middle east and africa however experts say if we were in washington don't begin learning from the past the only foreign policy factor that will continue changing is the geographic location of america's the policies and repeated mistakes reporting from new york arena portnoy r.t. . so is history repeating itself that's the question many on the side of the antiwar argument make one discussing the un
department of defense when i was in vietnam in one nine hundred sixty eight united states senators making decisions that affected my life. and a lot of people who lost their lives that they didn't have i didn't having the say about someone needs to represent that perspective and in our government as well the people in washington make the policy. but it's the little guys who come back in the body since two thousand and one an estimated sixty six hundred u.s. soldiers have returned from iraq or...
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he will be as secretary of defense the first grunt as it were ever to serve as secretary of defense and powell said because he put his own life at risk he would be the best suited person to be in charge of other lives. it is clear that the white house feels very confidently that this will go forward even though there are questions. >> as we continue to look at the president's team as he starts to make nominations. we saw secretary of labor resign last week. we will look at names that might resign. steven chu one of the names. any word on them departing anytime soon? >> reporter: those are good questions. we don't know just yet. it is familiart that there would be a changing of the guards between a first and second term. as it goes in churmz of steven chuit remains to be seen. some names would be byron dorgen, the democrat from north dakota. governor of the state of washington as well as jennifer gran. we know of one likely departure that we should hear about. that is a name not familiar to a lot of americans. she served as a deputy chief of staff to the president. it is likely that she
he will be as secretary of defense the first grunt as it were ever to serve as secretary of defense and powell said because he put his own life at risk he would be the best suited person to be in charge of other lives. it is clear that the white house feels very confidently that this will go forward even though there are questions. >> as we continue to look at the president's team as he starts to make nominations. we saw secretary of labor resign last week. we will look at names that...
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. >> what are the risks of huge defense cuts? >> operations, maintenance, and trading will be gutted. we will ground the aircraft retuturn chips to court, and sharply curtail training across the force. >> a bill before the wyoming state legislature would make a federal legend a person trying to enforce a ban on farm guilty of a funny. there are similar measures under considation in nnessee and tetexas. the governor in mississippi wants to make it illegegal in the state to enforce any new federal n laws. how many tis have we had this debate? ththis time after the murders of the children in newtown, conn. the president tells us is different. signed 23 executive orders aimed at reducing gun violence and has urged congress to reinstate a ban on so-called assault weapons, limit the size of the magazines, and mandate criminal background checks for all and sales. he is also o asking americans to put heat on members of congress to get there. >> ask for a member of congress if they support universal background checks to keep guns out of t
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in fact, our defense minister is in town today at the pentagon, discussing some of these issues. he has come with a detailed list of the enablers the afghan national army needs, including, as you mentioned, long-range artillery and intelligence- gathering capabilities. fixed-wing and rotary aircraft for transportation. we have been completely dependent for all of these things on nato and our other friends and allies. again, a lot of these equipments are not as expensive as conducting these operations with nato in afghanistan. if there is a political will, it is doable. the same thing as far as the salaries of the afghan national army and police. yes, it is a significant number, considering the afghan economy. or the withdrawal of each international troops from afghanistan, we can sustain 80 afghan national army soldiers on the ground, if there is a willingness to continue with this mission. as you mentioned, to come with a more reasonable definition of success in afghanistan, which has come up to now, then diminished, what it means to succeed here in afghanistan. >> the end of th
in fact, our defense minister is in town today at the pentagon, discussing some of these issues. he has come with a detailed list of the enablers the afghan national army needs, including, as you mentioned, long-range artillery and intelligence- gathering capabilities. fixed-wing and rotary aircraft for transportation. we have been completely dependent for all of these things on nato and our other friends and allies. again, a lot of these equipments are not as expensive as conducting these...